On Oct 14, 6:03*pm, "Nok" wrote:
Dan, I ended up with a hybrid of your idea. *I bought some PEX and turned it
down on the lathe a few thou. *Man it machines easy! *Then I turned some
aluminum bar as a "core" for the PEX. *No contact between the aluminum and
the PEX is going to be a very good bearing surface I believe. *Thanks for
the idea!

You are welcome. Sounds like you came up with a better version of
what I was thinking of.

Dan